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Posters: A Global History

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Posters: A Global History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Elizabeth E Guffey
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 190
Category/GenreArt History
Poster art
ISBN/Barcode 9781780233710
ClassificationsDewey:741.67409
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 100 colour, 50 black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Reaktion Books
Imprint Reaktion Books
Publication Date 1 October 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Posters are ubiquitous. They hang on office walls, bedroom doors and bus shelters. But what relevance do they have today in our age of image saturation, of prolific social media and electronic devices? In Posters: A Global History Elizabeth E. Guffey tells the story of this ephemeral art form, from its birth in the nineteenth century to its place in contemporary culture. In Posters: A Global History Elizabeth Guffey tells the story of this ephemeral art form, from its birth in the nineteenth century to its place in contemporary culture. She argues that even among today's burgeoning digital media, few forms of graphic design can rival posters for their tangibility and sheer spatial presence.

Author Biography

Elizabeth E. Guffey is Professor of Art and Design History at the State University of New York, Purchase, and founding editor of academic journal Design and Culture. She is the author of Retro: The Culture of Revival (Reaktion, 2006).

Reviews

"Guffey rescues the poster from its well-meaning but largely fetishized history by connoisseurs, curators, and collectors and compellingly chronicles the past, present, and future lives of this staple of communication. Taking an expansive view of the subject, Guffey reaches far and wide and across the ages for her examples and provides a much-needed cultural context to the diverse roles posters perform in a society--whether connecting communities, building nationalism, inciting consumption, or raising awareness. "Posters: A Global History" is an important addition to design history and a timely reminder of the power of print in the age of the Internet." --Andrew Blauvelt, Senior Curator, Architecture and Design, Walker Art Center